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Actual Game
Sim Ant
1-Click Install
Windows
11, 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP
(Maxis 1991)
MY PROMISE
My games are genuine, install in one step, look, sound and play in Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista and XP like they did in the old days, or your money back.This is my unconditional guarantee for three years.
WHAT IS INCLUDEDThis listing includes the original game CD. A complete electronic manual and summary card is also included.
I will also provide a compatibility CD that will allow the game to run under ALL VERSIONS of Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista and XP, both 32 and 64 bit.
INSTALLATIONOne step: Insert my CD and my installer will automatically allow the game to work on your computer. Done. Yes, it's that simple.
Want to play? Click the icon. Want the game off your computer? Click Uninstall. Zero hassle.
TECH SUPPORT Rapid response technical support for three years is always an e-mail or phone call away.
In the extremely rare event I cannot get this title to work on your system I will take it back for a full refund. All I ask is minimal assistance from you during the troubleshooting process.
The Game
Yes, you're an ant. A black ant in a new colony.Your mission is to spread the colony beyond the single piece of the yardthat you're in to take over the entire yard, without the owner of thehouse mowing, exterminating, or otherwise removing you. In case that wasn't enough, there's also a colony of red antsthat's trying to do the same thing. Black and red ants share the samelove as Kurds and Iraqis, and will kill each other at any opportunity.Finally there are the natural hazards such as spiders, ant lions, rainand the like. All in all, a dangerous universe.
You can take control of any of the black ants, whereupon you turn yellowto distinguish you from the rest. If the ant you're using dies (usuallybecause a spider sucked your insides out) you just take over another.As long as one ant is left, you're immortal. You have the ability tocall together groups of ants and lead them on expeditions to wipe outmarauding spiders or enemy colonies. And then there are all the othercomplexities to deal with.
Let's face it, you can't deal with individually managing each one ofhundreds of ants in dozens of colonies, so the computer runs them,meaning that you aren't in control, except for the groups of ants you'releading in attack. However, even though you don't micromanage, you cancontrol the overall direction. You control the breeding ratio ofworkers, fighters, and breeders. If you are about to make a majorattack you'll want more fighters and breeders (to make more fighters),and if you're busy expanding you'll want a lot of workers. Thenthere's the choice of how many you want digging, nursing, and foraging.You can have the computer control both of these choices for you, or youcan do them manually, adding a little difficulty to the game.
However, that's just one little part of the yard. There are 154 ofthose little squares, and your mission is to conquer them all. And thenthere's that strange huge structure on one side of the wall with thatbig two-legged and four-legged monsters living there... Now this is thelong involved game that Maxis was famous for!
And that's even more information to manage - what's going on at all thecolonies, and what's going on overall. The yard view is especiallyentertaining, as the man and dog actually do things, sort of like withthe Little Computer People Project. The guy mows the yard, sits andwatches TV, gets food from the fridge and eats it, etc., and makes theselittle comments.
Okay, now you have your nest windows, your behavior windows, youraboveground window, your yard window, your history window, and all sortsof option buttons. This thing must be harder to use than a stealthfighter! Well, not really. It's as hard as you want it to be. Maxishas refined its interface to the point where you can get all thatinformation is easily usable and interpretable format. All the commandbuttons have meaningful pictures on them that represent the command (thebutton to show you the inside of the black nest has a picture of a nestwith black tunnels), and you can always hit the "?" button, which willoverlay the window with a meaningful description of all the buttons. Ifyou don't want to worry about behavior or breeding, set them onautomatic and close the windows. If you're not in a full game, justclose the yard window. If the history window doesn't help you, closethat. You can get away with just the overhead map and the ground detailwindow.
As you can probably tell, if you're into detailed simulation games, Maxis did itagain with SimAnt.
